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Three masked men in camouflage clothing then burst into the house. Following a struggle, Adam was shot.

“It was chaos,” says Gemma.

“I was upstairs on the phone to the police telling them they needed to get there. Then I heard a bang, like a gunshot. I thought it was a pellet gun or something else.

“When I got downstairs, I saw, and I knew it was a real gun. I didn’t know what to do. I called 999 - as did all the neighbours.

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“I was trying to talk to Adam. It just didn’t seem real. I remember saying the words ‘Adam has been shot’ to my dad on the phone.

“You don’t expect to say that. It didn’t feel real at all.”

Adam was rushed to hospital in a critical condition as police swarmed around Gemma’s house.

Gemma was taken to a police station. She spent hours giving officers a statement, unaware of her brother's condition in hospital.

“I remember trying to tell them what had happened,” she says.

“I didn’t want to be there, I just wanted to get to the hospital. I knew Adam was bad, but not how bad.

“When I got to the hospital, I remember there being armed guards. It was like something you'd see in a film.

"They told us he wasn’t going to make it, that he was going to pull through. I just fell to the floor, I couldn’t believe it.”

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Adam was later taken off a life support machine. His family gathered at his bedside as he bravely clung on for 13 hours.

“He kept fighting,” says Jackie.

“We were just sat there waiting for him to take his last breath.”

Adam’s loved ones spent the best part of a decade trying to bring his killers to justice.

'I can't have closure until they're caught'

“What happened was heartbreaking, but for them not to get caught is awful,” says Martin.

“You are on edge all the time waiting for that phone call. When I go to Adam’s grave, all I can think about is who killed him.

“I can’t have closure until they’re caught.”

Jackie says: “We’ll never be normal again as a family, but we want to move on.

“We want Ruby to have as normal a life as possible, but, at the moment, that isn’t going to happen.”

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Several people have been arrested in relation to Adam’s death. No-one has ever been charged.

From the outset, the investigation has focused on identifying the woman who called at Gemma’s home. Police say she knocked on other doors on the street asking for ‘Michelle’.

An e-fit of the woman was released the week after Adam’s death. She was white, between 27 to 28, 5ft 5, with dark brown hair, olive skin and dark eyes.

The three men were black and between 5ft 10 and 6ft.

An e-fit of the woman (Image: West Yorkshire Police)

They were wearing camouflage ‘army-style’ clothing and black balaclavas. They fled in a Ford Focus C-Max, which had been stolen earlier in Little London and was later found abandoned.

Several police appeals followed.

In 2012, West Yorkshire Police released previously unseen CCTV footage relating to the incident.

Clips of the Ford Focus used by the gang - stolen from a woman at Oatland Heights on June 11 - was circulated.

Footage thought to have captured the woman knocking on doors asking for ‘Michelle’ was also released - as well as footage of hooded figures in the street on the night of the shooting.

Crimestoppers put up a £5,000 reward for information leading to the killers - and an old friend of Martin’s offered another £7,000.

Despite numerous leads, detectives are no closer to solving the case.

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For Adam’s family, the heartache continues.

“I understand people are scared,” says Gemma.

“The people who did this are not nice people, if they can do that to Adam, for whatever reason. You can’t live with that guilt all your life.

“The woman who knocked on the door is the key to solving this.

“The police don’t know whether she was actually linked to the men. She might have been scared of the killers, she might not have known them.

“She is a mystery.”

Jackie adds: “If she is a mum, how would she like to be put in this position?

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“We’ve no son now; we have a granddaughter without a father. She knows what happened after she went to that house.

“How can she walk around with that guilt? She might be away from it all now, but we aren’t.”

Adam’s family launched a foundation in his name in the aftermath of his death, to raise cash for sporting activities for youngsters in Leeds.

Mum Jackie finds comfort in tending to his grave and remembering the good times. Dad Martin campaigns tirelessly to find his son’s killers.

“Having the grave helps me,” Jackie says.

“I get peace up there. When Adam is on my mind, and I need to be close to him, that’s where I go. I just sit there and talk to him. I’d be lost if I couldn’t do that.

“Adam took pride in his appearance - so I take pride in keeping his grave looking nice.”

Martin says: “I just get angry. That grave shouldn’t be there - he should still be with us.”

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Detective Superintendent Jim Dunkerley, of West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “Although nine years have passed since Adam Chadwick was murdered, we remain determined to keep doing everything we can to find the people responsible and get justice for his family.

“I would ask anyone who knows who was involved that night to search their conscience and think about what Adam’s family is still going through.

“We know that people’s allegiances can alter over time and it may be that someone is now in a better position now to come forward and tell us what they know.

“We are still keen to identify the woman who called at the house in Clifton Mount, Harehills, and had been knocking at other doors in the area prior to the shooting asking for someone called Michelle.”

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'He liked to stand out an be different'

Adam was a promising young footballer and rugby player. He played for various teams and had a trial for Leeds United.

Adam was known for his strict grooming regime - and his ever-changing hairstyle.

“He was always the last one out of the changing room, with his Louis Vuitton wash bag,” Jakie says.

“He liked to stand out and be different.”

It’s easy to see why Adam was compared to former Leeds striker Adam Smith, with his spiky blonde hair.

The words ‘just chill’ - his mantra of choice - adorn his gravestone.

He uttered the phrase countless times to his friends and family; typical of his laid back attitude.

As a child, he loved being at home, spending time with his mum and dad. When he got to high school, his diary was packed. He was incredibly popular, the family says.

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“His life, every day, was busy,” Jackie says.

“He only went to school to show off his latest hairstyle and his clothes. Learning wasn’t for Adam, he wasn’t interested.

“He was very popular, very cheeky and stood out at school.”

After school, Adam pursued a career in hairdressing, which didn’t surprise his family.

He started off cutting pensioners’ hair, before landing a Saturday job at high street chain Toni&Guy, where he met the mother of his daughter.

From cutting hair, he moved into to cutting carpets as he prepared for fatherhood.

“He was scared when he found out he going to be a dad,” Martin says.

“But he was there 100 per cent. He was scared a little bit after Ruby was born, he was only 17. It’s one of those things, it happens. We wouldn’t have it any other way now.”

Jackie adds: “We have a beautiful granddaughter, she’s the double of him. Ruby was Adam’s life - he lived for her.

“Everything else, football, everything, took a back seat. Ruby was his priority.

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“Whenever he could have her, he’d have her. He was like a big kid with her.

“He doted on her.”

Unsurprisingly, Ruby, now 12, has had a hard time understanding what happened to her dad. Her family has vowed to always be honest with her.

“She’s more aware now what happened,” Martin says.

“She knew, but never asked questions. She hid it.”

Now, Ruby can read for herself what happened to Adam.

Last year, she took to Facebook on the anniversary of her dad’s death to appeal for help to find his killers.

That was a big moment for the family.

“I burst into tears,” Jackie says.

“It was nice, but she should never have to write things like that.

“She’s had to grow up very quickly.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 - or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.